Family Dollar Selects Integrys Energy Services for Energy Management Consulting

With energy being one of the most unpredictable and volatile costs facing businesses today, Integrys Energy Services' role will be to strategically manage Family Dollar's energy portfolio, focusing on a corporate-wide plan designed to mitigate volatility, reduce costs, and proactively manage energy sourcing. In addition, invoice management and payment, along with customized utility data management services from Integrys Energy Services, will help Family Dollar upgrade their existing energy competency. An integrated, tailored solution was vital for Family Dollar given their geographic reach, large number of stores, and expected annual growth.

Family Dollar is one of the fastest growing discount retail chains inthe United States. The merchandising strategy that drives this growth provides customers with good values on basic merchandise for the family and home in a small-box, neighborhood format. Stores are located in a contiguous 44-state area ranging northeast toMaine, southeast toFlorida, as far northwest as Idaho, and southwest toArizona.

Integrys Energy Services will serve thousands of Family Dollar facilities throughoutthe United States, providing a complete portfolio of professional high value services. David George, who leads energy consulting business development efforts for Integrys Energy Services, said, "We look forward to working with Family Dollar to develop a dynamic corporate energy strategy that delivers ongoing enhanced value for their business."

About Family Dollar

Beginning with one store inCharlotte, North Carolina, in 1959, the Company currently operates more than 6,500 stores in 44 states. Family Dollar Stores, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is based inMatthews, North Carolina, just outside ofCharlotte and is a publicly held company with common stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FDO. For more information, please visit http://www.familydollar.com.

About Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: TEG), headquartered inChicago, Illinois, is a holding company for energy related subsidiaries, which includes regulated utilities and nonregulated subsidiaries.

    The company's principal nonregulated subsidiary is:
    -- Integrys Energy Services, Inc., a diversified nonregulated energy
       supply and services company serving residential, commercial,
       industrial, and wholesale customers in developed competitive markets
       in the United States and Canada.


    The six regulated utilities consist of:
    -- The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, a natural gas utility serving
       approximately 830,000 customers in the City of Chicago.
    -- Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, an electric and natural gas
       utility serving approximately 433,000 electric customers and 314,000
       natural gas customers in northeastern Wisconsin and an adjacent portion
       of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
    -- Minnesota Energy Resources Corporation, a natural gas utility serving
       approximately 207,000 customers throughout Minnesota.
    -- Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation, a natural gas utility serving
       approximately 165,000 customers in lower Michigan.
    -- North Shore Gas Company, a natural gas utility serving approximately
       158,000 customers in the northern suburbs of Chicago.
    -- Upper Peninsula Power Company, an electric utility serving
       approximately 52,000 customers in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

More information about Integrys Energy Group, Inc. is available online at http://www.integrysgroup.com.

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